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'The Fabric is everywhere, it is all around us. … You take the blue schist and the story ends. You wake in your trench and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red schist and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the subsoil goes.' - Morpheus (allegedly) #archaeology #potsherds #Daskalio #Keros #BronzeAge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daskalio
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3900 years of land subsidence at Lipari Island (Italy): new insights for Early Bronze Age submerged findings [html, pdf 17pp] #UnderwaterArchaeology #MaritimeArchaeology #BronzeAge https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2026.110439
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DNA traces on medieval parchment reveal 3,700-year history of deadly sheeppox virus
Medieval manuscripts preserve genetic traces of a sheep disease that has threatened herds across Eurasia for more than 3,700 years, according to a new study. Researchers recovered ancient DNA from sheeppox virus, or SPPV, in animal skins used to make parchment...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/medieval-parchment-reveal-history-of-sheeppox-virus/
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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #anthropology #sheeppox #bronzeage #medieval
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A woman buried in Bronze Age Poland has teeth that say wheat and bones that say millet, decades apart. New isotope work pushes Europe’s earliest millet consumption back over a century. #Archaeology #BronzeAge #Bioarchaeology https://www.anthropology.net/p/millet-reached-bronze-age-poland
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Ancient builders hauled 25-ton stones 18 km to build Britain’s tallest prehistoric stone row
Ancient builders hauled 25-ton stones 18 kilometers across Yorkshire to build Britain’s tallest surviving prehistoric stone row, a…
#EuropeSays #Britain #Europe #EU #BronzeAge #Megalithic #Neolithic
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https://www.europesays.com/britain/121176/ Ancient builders hauled 25-ton stones 18 km to build Britain’s tallest prehistoric stone row #Britain #BronzeAge #Megalithic #Neolithic
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Temple of the Obelisks, Byblos, Lebanon [OC]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_the_Obelisks
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#MiddleEast #geschichte #histodons #history #histoire #antiquité #BronzeAge #ReligiousStudies #Bronzezeit #antiquity #antike #Lebanon -
Archaeologists in Sweden uncovered 82 ancient pits dating back nearly 3,000 years. The site may have hosted massive feasts and rituals, but its true purpose remains unknown.
#Archaeology #AncientMysteries #BronzeAge #LostHistory #AncientCivilizations #History
Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/over-80-strange-bronze-age-holes-discovered-sweden-why-did-people-gather-021441 -
So, in addition to demonizing #Matriarchal societies, #Homer took a stab at the survivors of the #BronzeAgeCollapse on #Crete by turning them into the #Cyclops! Not a surprise! I noticed that #Odysseus eyed the "Cyclops Island" as prime #RealEstate (like a typical #Colonist!). Of course the so-called "civilized" #AncientGreeks had to demonize peoples who had lived under female rulers or NO RULERS!
Were the Odyssey’s #Cyclopes Actually #Minoans?
By Caleb Howells, January 6, 2026
Excerpt: "Drawing on his experience sailing a replica of an Ancient Greek galley, Severin estimated that Odysseus would have reached the coast of Libya, specifically near the site that later became the Greek colony of Cyrene. This was the Land of the Lotus Eaters. From there, Odysseus resumed his journey back to Ithaca, logically sailing north toward Southern Greece. Along this route, he would likely have arrived at the southwestern corner of #Crete, where the peninsula of #Paleochora was once separated from the main island, forming a small offshore island.
"This scenario closely matches the Odyssey’s description of Odysseus arriving at a small island situated just beside the island where the Cyclopes lived.
How the Cyclopes match the Minoans of Crete
"Severin’s argument that Crete was the island of the Cyclopes is highly compelling. But how do the Minoans fit into this theory? Regarding the Minoan city of Kommos in southern Crete, Severin noted its abandonment in the Late Bronze Age and asked:
" 'What had happened to the survivors of Kommos and the other Minoan settlements along this coast? Could they have fallen back to the barest subsistence level, living in caves and practicing the sort of simple pastoral farming that Ulysses found among the Cyclopes?'
"In essence, Severin suggested that the Cyclopes of the Odyssey may have been Minoans who, after the collapse of their magnificent #BronzeAge civilization, returned to a #simpler, more primitive way of life. While Severin did not explore this idea in depth, a closer examination reveals there is substantial evidence for this."
Read more:
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/06/odyssey-cyclopes-minoans/#AncientHistory #Crete #Histodon #BronzeAgeCollapse #Colonialism
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So, in addition to demonizing #Matriarchal societies, #Homer took a stab at the survivors of the #BronzeAgeCollapse on #Crete by turning them into the #Cyclops! Not a surprise! I noticed that #Odysseus eyed the "Cyclops Island" as prime #RealEstate (like a typical #Colonist!). Of course the so-called "civilized" #AncientGreeks had to demonize peoples who had lived under female rulers or NO RULERS!
Were the Odyssey’s #Cyclopes Actually #Minoans?
By Caleb Howells, January 6, 2026
Excerpt: "Drawing on his experience sailing a replica of an Ancient Greek galley, Severin estimated that Odysseus would have reached the coast of Libya, specifically near the site that later became the Greek colony of Cyrene. This was the Land of the Lotus Eaters. From there, Odysseus resumed his journey back to Ithaca, logically sailing north toward Southern Greece. Along this route, he would likely have arrived at the southwestern corner of #Crete, where the peninsula of #Paleochora was once separated from the main island, forming a small offshore island.
"This scenario closely matches the Odyssey’s description of Odysseus arriving at a small island situated just beside the island where the Cyclopes lived.
How the Cyclopes match the Minoans of Crete
"Severin’s argument that Crete was the island of the Cyclopes is highly compelling. But how do the Minoans fit into this theory? Regarding the Minoan city of Kommos in southern Crete, Severin noted its abandonment in the Late Bronze Age and asked:
" 'What had happened to the survivors of Kommos and the other Minoan settlements along this coast? Could they have fallen back to the barest subsistence level, living in caves and practicing the sort of simple pastoral farming that Ulysses found among the Cyclopes?'
"In essence, Severin suggested that the Cyclopes of the Odyssey may have been Minoans who, after the collapse of their magnificent #BronzeAge civilization, returned to a #simpler, more primitive way of life. While Severin did not explore this idea in depth, a closer examination reveals there is substantial evidence for this."
Read more:
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/06/odyssey-cyclopes-minoans/#AncientHistory #Crete #Histodon #BronzeAgeCollapse #Colonialism
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So, in addition to demonizing #Matriarchal societies, #Homer took a stab at the survivors of the #BronzeAgeCollapse on #Crete by turning them into the #Cyclops! Not a surprise! I noticed that #Odysseus eyed the "Cyclops Island" as prime #RealEstate (like a typical #Colonist!). Of course the so-called "civilized" #AncientGreeks had to demonize peoples who had lived under female rulers or NO RULERS!
Were the Odyssey’s #Cyclopes Actually #Minoans?
By Caleb Howells, January 6, 2026
Excerpt: "Drawing on his experience sailing a replica of an Ancient Greek galley, Severin estimated that Odysseus would have reached the coast of Libya, specifically near the site that later became the Greek colony of Cyrene. This was the Land of the Lotus Eaters. From there, Odysseus resumed his journey back to Ithaca, logically sailing north toward Southern Greece. Along this route, he would likely have arrived at the southwestern corner of #Crete, where the peninsula of #Paleochora was once separated from the main island, forming a small offshore island.
"This scenario closely matches the Odyssey’s description of Odysseus arriving at a small island situated just beside the island where the Cyclopes lived.
How the Cyclopes match the Minoans of Crete
"Severin’s argument that Crete was the island of the Cyclopes is highly compelling. But how do the Minoans fit into this theory? Regarding the Minoan city of Kommos in southern Crete, Severin noted its abandonment in the Late Bronze Age and asked:
" 'What had happened to the survivors of Kommos and the other Minoan settlements along this coast? Could they have fallen back to the barest subsistence level, living in caves and practicing the sort of simple pastoral farming that Ulysses found among the Cyclopes?'
"In essence, Severin suggested that the Cyclopes of the Odyssey may have been Minoans who, after the collapse of their magnificent #BronzeAge civilization, returned to a #simpler, more primitive way of life. While Severin did not explore this idea in depth, a closer examination reveals there is substantial evidence for this."
Read more:
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/06/odyssey-cyclopes-minoans/#AncientHistory #Crete #Histodon #BronzeAgeCollapse #Colonialism
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So, in addition to demonizing #Matriarchal societies, #Homer took a stab at the survivors of the #BronzeAgeCollapse on #Crete by turning them into the #Cyclops! Not a surprise! I noticed that #Odysseus eyed the "Cyclops Island" as prime #RealEstate (like a typical #Colonist!). Of course the so-called "civilized" #AncientGreeks had to demonize peoples who had lived under female rulers or NO RULERS!
Were the Odyssey’s #Cyclopes Actually #Minoans?
By Caleb Howells, January 6, 2026
Excerpt: "Drawing on his experience sailing a replica of an Ancient Greek galley, Severin estimated that Odysseus would have reached the coast of Libya, specifically near the site that later became the Greek colony of Cyrene. This was the Land of the Lotus Eaters. From there, Odysseus resumed his journey back to Ithaca, logically sailing north toward Southern Greece. Along this route, he would likely have arrived at the southwestern corner of #Crete, where the peninsula of #Paleochora was once separated from the main island, forming a small offshore island.
"This scenario closely matches the Odyssey’s description of Odysseus arriving at a small island situated just beside the island where the Cyclopes lived.
How the Cyclopes match the Minoans of Crete
"Severin’s argument that Crete was the island of the Cyclopes is highly compelling. But how do the Minoans fit into this theory? Regarding the Minoan city of Kommos in southern Crete, Severin noted its abandonment in the Late Bronze Age and asked:
" 'What had happened to the survivors of Kommos and the other Minoan settlements along this coast? Could they have fallen back to the barest subsistence level, living in caves and practicing the sort of simple pastoral farming that Ulysses found among the Cyclopes?'
"In essence, Severin suggested that the Cyclopes of the Odyssey may have been Minoans who, after the collapse of their magnificent #BronzeAge civilization, returned to a #simpler, more primitive way of life. While Severin did not explore this idea in depth, a closer examination reveals there is substantial evidence for this."
Read more:
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/06/odyssey-cyclopes-minoans/#AncientHistory #Crete #Histodon #BronzeAgeCollapse #Colonialism
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So, in addition to demonizing #Matriarchal societies, #Homer took a stab at the survivors of the #BronzeAgeCollapse on #Crete by turning them into the #Cyclops! Not a surprise! I noticed that #Odysseus eyed the "Cyclops Island" as prime #RealEstate (like a typical #Colonist!). Of course the so-called "civilized" #AncientGreeks had to demonize peoples who had lived under female rulers or NO RULERS!
Were the Odyssey’s #Cyclopes Actually #Minoans?
By Caleb Howells, January 6, 2026
Excerpt: "Drawing on his experience sailing a replica of an Ancient Greek galley, Severin estimated that Odysseus would have reached the coast of Libya, specifically near the site that later became the Greek colony of Cyrene. This was the Land of the Lotus Eaters. From there, Odysseus resumed his journey back to Ithaca, logically sailing north toward Southern Greece. Along this route, he would likely have arrived at the southwestern corner of #Crete, where the peninsula of #Paleochora was once separated from the main island, forming a small offshore island.
"This scenario closely matches the Odyssey’s description of Odysseus arriving at a small island situated just beside the island where the Cyclopes lived.
How the Cyclopes match the Minoans of Crete
"Severin’s argument that Crete was the island of the Cyclopes is highly compelling. But how do the Minoans fit into this theory? Regarding the Minoan city of Kommos in southern Crete, Severin noted its abandonment in the Late Bronze Age and asked:
" 'What had happened to the survivors of Kommos and the other Minoan settlements along this coast? Could they have fallen back to the barest subsistence level, living in caves and practicing the sort of simple pastoral farming that Ulysses found among the Cyclopes?'
"In essence, Severin suggested that the Cyclopes of the Odyssey may have been Minoans who, after the collapse of their magnificent #BronzeAge civilization, returned to a #simpler, more primitive way of life. While Severin did not explore this idea in depth, a closer examination reveals there is substantial evidence for this."
Read more:
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/06/odyssey-cyclopes-minoans/#AncientHistory #Crete #Histodon #BronzeAgeCollapse #Colonialism
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#FindsFriday! In 2021, we carried out an exciting excavation in Großmugl, where we documented settlement remains from the #BronzeAge and #IronAge. The #EarlyBronzeAge #pottery included several highlights: vessels decorated with rows of impressions, incised lines, and punctuated dots, some filled with white inlay, like the fragments shown here! #Archaeology #Ceramics #ArchaeologicalFinds #Excavation #EuropeanPrehistory #MaterialCulture #Austria #History #Österreich
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Scientists Have Uncovered Evidence Of #Ireland's Largest #Prehistoric #Hillfort Settlement
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https://phys.org/news/2025-12-scientists-uncovered-evidence-ireland-largest.html
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“In a recent study [(link above), the authors] identified more than 600 suspected house platforms in the Brusselstown Ring hillfort [Ireland], making it the largest nucleated settlement ever discovered in the entirety of prehistoric Britain and Ireland thus far. Subsequent test excavations revealed evidence of Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age occupation as well as a potential water cistern, which may be the very first of its kind in an Irish hillfort…”
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #LiDAR #survey ##bronzeage #prehistoric #irishhistory #irishmythology #wicklow #irelandsancienteast #heritageireland #mountains #monument #microtopographical #houseplatforms #culture #settlement #village #EarlyIronAge #BrusselstownRing #bronzeage #Neolithic #testpit #sampling #archaeology #excavation #cistern #monuments #Wicklow #investigation #reconstruction #irish #history
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Archaeoethnologica: Proceedings in Archaeology of Black Sea Nº 21
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#Archaeology #Protohistory #MedievalArchaeology #scythians #IronAge #turcicpeoples #steppe #Caucasus #Eurasia #BronzeAge #materialculture #Kazakstan #BlackSea #journals #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Proceedings in Archaeology of Black Sea Nº 21
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#Archaeology #Protohistory #MedievalArchaeology #scythians #IronAge #turcicpeoples #steppe #Caucasus #Eurasia #BronzeAge #materialculture #Kazakstan #BlackSea #journals #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Proceedings in Archaeology of Black Sea Nº 21
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#Archaeology #Protohistory #MedievalArchaeology #scythians #IronAge #turcicpeoples #steppe #Caucasus #Eurasia #BronzeAge #materialculture #Kazakstan #BlackSea #journals #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Proceedings in Archaeology of Black Sea Nº 21
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#Archaeology #Protohistory #MedievalArchaeology #scythians #IronAge #turcicpeoples #steppe #Caucasus #Eurasia #BronzeAge #materialculture #Kazakstan #BlackSea #journals #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Proceedings in Archaeology of Black Sea Nº 21
+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/11/proceedings-in-archaeology-of-black-sea.html
#Archaeology #Protohistory #MedievalArchaeology #scythians #IronAge #turcicpeoples #steppe #Caucasus #Eurasia #BronzeAge #materialculture #Kazakstan #BlackSea #journals #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Proceedings in Archaeology of Black Sea Nº 21
+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/11/proceedings-in-archaeology-of-black-sea.html
#Archaeology #Protohistory #MedievalArchaeology #scythians #IronAge #turcicpeoples #steppe #Caucasus #Eurasia #BronzeAge #materialculture #Kazakstan #BlackSea #journals #openaccess
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Archaeoethnologica: Proceedings in Archaeology of Black Sea Nº 21
+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/11/proceedings-in-archaeology-of-black-sea.html
#Archaeology #Protohistory #MedievalArchaeology #scythians #IronAge #turcicpeoples #steppe #Caucasus #Eurasia #BronzeAge #materialculture #Kazakstan #BlackSea #journals #openaccess
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Largest Bronze Age hoard in Upper Lusatia unearthed near Görlitz, Saxony
Archaeologists in eastern Germany have unearthed one of Saxony’s most significant Bronze Age discoveries. Uncovered in the suburb of Klein Neundorf in Görlitz, the 310 pieces of bronze date to the 9th century BCE...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/largest-bronze-age-hoard-in-upper-lusatia-saxony/
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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #lusatia #bronzeage
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#Betel nuts have been giving people a buzz for over 4,000 years. Ancient teeth reveal that a #stimulant has been used since the #BronzeAge. https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/ancient-teeth-show-people-were-getting-high-off-betel-nuts-4000-years-ago/ #science #anthropology #archaeology #archeology #drugs
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A new study based on extensive data and recent excavations such as the one pictured in Békés-Várdomb (Hungary) uses the example of Southeast Europe to challenge widely held theories about the emergence of social hierarchies in prehistory. It has been published now at #ScienceAdvances:
https://www.uni-kiel.de/en/cluster-roots/details/news/138-roots-inequality-carpathianbasin
#archaeology #carpathianbasin #inequality #Neolithic #BronzeAge
📷 Paul Duffy -
For #FindsFriday, we would like to show you a vessel from our #excavation in #Grossmugl/ #LowerAustria!
It is a completely preserved sieve vessel with an open top and bottom. The exact function of this vessel is not yet known to us, but we suspect that it could be an incense burner. Comparisons can be found from the Early #BronzeAge #Věteřov culture in #Moravia.#archaeology #incenseburner #Austria #niederösterreich #Archäologie
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Hundreds of previously unrecorded monuments discovered in Baltinglass, Ireland
A recent archaeological survey in the Baltinglass landscape of County Wicklow, Ireland, has revealed hundreds of previously unrecorded monuments...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2024/04/previously-unrecorded-monuments-discovered-in-ireland/
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#archaeology #archeology #archaeological #archaeologynews #remotesensing #aberdeenuniversity #baltinglass #LiDAR #neolithic #bronzeage
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Archaeologists Reveal Hundreds Of Ancient Monuments Using LiDAR [Ireland]
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https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/04/archaeologists-reveal-hundreds-of-ancient-monuments-using-lidar/151775 <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.39 <-- shared paper
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[the first photo is Queen Maeve's Cairn, on the top of Knocknarea, near Sligo - so not in the study area, but one I have had the pleasure of hiking up to see]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #LiDAR #remotesensing #Ireland #earthobservation #archaeology #Antiquity #Baltinglass #CountyWicklow #hillfort #Neolithic #bronzeage #ancienthistory #prehistory #model #modeling #3dmodeling #elevation #cairns #monuments #cursus #worship #ritual #form #ceremony #morphology #geomorphometry -
The megalithic gem of Moel Tŷ Uchaf ('Bare Hill of the Highest House') for today's #StandingStoneSunday
A Bronze Age cairn circle in a fantastic location in the foothills of Y Berwynau mountains overlooking the Dee valley. On a clear day there are wonderful views of Eryri/Snowdonia, but on this visit views were reduced to a hundred metres or so by cold hill fog.
This visit February 2011. Blog here: https://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/123269/over_the_misty_mountains_ii_foggy_boggy_berwyns_20_february_2011.html
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A revisit to one of my very favourite sites today, over 11 years since I last came:
Moel Ty Uchaf ('Bare hill of the highest house') is a Bronze Age cairn circle in the foothills of the Berwyn mountains. Views are extensive, particularly of Aranau and Arenig Fawr. This morning a temperature inversion filled the valley of Afon Dyfrdwy (that old snake they call the Dee) with cloud.
From here I headed up to Cadair Berwyn and Moel Sych.